Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, GCB, MVO (born Alexander; 12 December 1865 – 13 November 1945) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918 to 1919.
Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair | |
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Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, as sketched by Francis Dodd. | |
| Birth name | Edwyn Sinclair Sinclair |
| Born | 12 December 1865 Malta |
| Died | 13 November 1945 (aged 79) Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1879–1930 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Albatross (1902–04) HMS Surprise (1904–05) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1905–08) HMS Victory (1911–13) HMS Temeraire (1913–15) 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (1915–17) 6th Light Cruiser Squadron (1917–20) 1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (1922–24) China Station (1925–26) Nore Command (1927–30) |
| Battles/wars | First World War Estonian War of Independence |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in dispatches Order of St. Vladimir, Third Class with Swords (Russia) |
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